Improved stove dexter



' E. REYNOLDS.

Stove Dexter.

Patented Dec 27, 1864.

AV/ /f UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EDMOND REYNOLDS, OF CORUNNA, MICHIGAN.

IMPROVED STOVE DEXTER.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 15.62115, datedDecember Q7, 1864.

To all whom it may concern:

Beit known that I, EDMoND REYNOLDS, of Oorunna, in the county ofShiawassee and State of Michigan, have invented a new and ImprovedDexter for Culinary Purposes; and I do hereby declare that the followingis a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enableothers skilled in the art to make and use the same, reference being hadto the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, inwhich- Figure 1 shows my improved implement applied to the sides of apan for lifting it. Fig. 2 shows it when used for lifting stovecovers.Fig. 3 shows it when applied to move and lift a shallow vessel, like apie-pan. Figs. 4 and 5 are detailed views given for the. pur pose ofshowing the spiral spring applied about thejoint'of the implement.

Similar letters of reference indicate like parts.

This invention consists in constructing an implement for use in culinaryoperations which combines a lifter for lifting` stove-.covers, a hookfor lifting pots and other vessels by their bails, pinchers for seizingand moving pans and dishes, and which may be used also as a tack-hammer.

A represents the dexter, made up of two parts, a and b, which aresecured together by a pivotpin, at the middle ot' their length, aboutwhich they vibrate, their flat faces :c moving against each other. Ateach end of each of the said parts the said at facesse are terminated byshoulders y, which gradually expand in width toward the ends of thedexter, so as nearly to coincide in width with the opposing edges o ofthe opposite part or halt' ofthe deXter, thereby making the opposAingjaws at each end of equal width.' A hook, c, is formed on the lowerside ot' one of the ends of the part et, whereby the cook can seize andlift a pot by its bail. The inner face, d, ofthe same end is madestraight at an angle of about fortyn' ve degrees with the part a, so asto fit the inner face, e, of the opposite end of the part b. A recess,s, is formed at the highest part of the face d, so that when the faces dc seize the side of a basin or deep vessel (see Fig. l) its rim will bereceived in the recess s, thus enabling the faces d and e to get an evenhold of the said basin. The opposite end of the deXter is provided witha stovecover lifter, j, on the part b and a hook, l1., on the part a,the said hook h being bent toward the end ofthe lifter j. A shoulder,t', is formed near the end of the inner face of the lit'terj, whichshoulder acts in combination with a hook, g, on the opposing face of thepart a to seize and lift a pie-pan or flat dish, as seen in Fig. 3. Thehooked end h of' the part a may also be used as a stove-cover lifter.

A curved recess, m, is formed on the at face a of the part b, near thepivotfand concentric therewith, which receives a dog, n, projecting fromthe opposing face of the part a.. The dog n. moves with its arm in thecurved recess m, and its motion is limited by the end walls of therecess, so that the parts a and b are prevented from opening' a greaterdistance than the extent of the movement of the dog a in the recess.

Circular depressionsk l, of equal dimensions and opposite to each other,are made in the parts a and b, respectively, around the pivot f toreceive a spiral spring, l, whose ends are held by the sides ofthedepressions 7s, or they may be secured in holes t, drilled in thebottoms of the depressions. The spring is so adjusted that when theparts a and b are pivoted together, its elasticity holds the dcxteropen, the dog n abutting against the end U of,

the recess m.

.Vhen the cook seizes the implement and" presses its ends together, thespring is con1- pressed by reason ofthe rotation ofthe parts a b abouttheir joint, and when the pressure of the hand is withdrawn theelasticity of the spring opens vthe ends which had been closed, and thearticle held by them is thereby rcleased.

The lower face ot' the hook c is made flat, like a hammer face, so thatthe dexter may also be used as a tack-hammer.

I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- The stovedexteror implement for culinary and other uses above described, constructedsubstantially as above described.

E. REYNOLDS.

Vitnesses:

G. M. REYNOLDS, 0. E. BALL.

